I left off the last journal entry saying "At the moment, I’m still trying to wrap my
mind around the ‘spatial monitoring and reporting tool for
planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of law
enforcement efforts in breeding sites across the tiger’s habitat.'
So I decided to go have a look on Google to see what I might find out about this 'SMART' system or -as it also closely related to- the MIST system.
I spent a few hours looking around (there are a lot of websites with the term 'smart systems' on them) and I did find a bit of information. And some of it was directly related to saving tigers.
And some of the information I found was specifically about the concept behind the MIST (monitoring and reporting tool) or SMART system (spatial monitoring and reporting tool).
This information was more about the 'big' picture of the MIST or SMART systems. Which is very relevant if one wants to truly understand how it is being used in the context of saving tigers.
I am posting three PDF documents which discuss this tool in order of:
1) How it is directly related and used to save tigers (a specific example). Link Here
2) How it is 'practically' used for any conservation issue. Link Here
3) And "you actually expect me to understand what you just said" related. Link Here
This last document is over 240 pages long.
I spent some time going through it....and I am going to spend more time reading it...but I think I want to get a better 'grounding' on the 'basic' concept before I attempt it again (and WAY more time).
I did find a few phone numbers associated with the SMART systems and tigers. So I plan to follow up there as well.
Although I have a better understanding of what these systems are, I am still trying to wrap my mind around how it will be used to help save endangered tigers.
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For more information about endangered tigers go to www.TigersInCrisis.com
For more information about endangered species go to www.Bagheera.com
